Essays about: "bio diversity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words bio diversity.

  1. 16. A conversion of nature’s value?: A critical analysis of the TEEB as an appropriate tool to valuate ecosystems and biodiversity with an empirical analysis of a Climate Change adaptation project in Falsterbo-Skanör Vellinge

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Maraja Riechers; [2012-05-10]
    Keywords : TEEB; Sustainable Development; De-Growth; Economic Environmental Valua-tion; Climate Change;

    Abstract : This thesis critically analyzes the appropriateness of The Economics of Ecosystems and Bio-diversity (TEEB) in terms of theoretical and practical implications and limitations. Separated into two parts, this thesis firstly examines the theoretical background and flaws of the frame-work in terms of it stated goal to enhance sustainability. READ MORE

  3. 17. The effect of non-host plant volatiles on the reproductive behaviour of the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Altaf Hussain; [2012]
    Keywords : Adhatoda vasica; electrophysiology; Justicia adhatoda; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; non-host plants; reproductive behaviour; semiochemical diversity; socioeconomics; Spodoptera littoralis; spruce;

    Abstract : Spodoptera littoralis is a major pest of cotton in Egypt, causing serious economic losses. Egyptian farmers highly appreciate biological control of the pest as synthetic pesticides are very unsustainable. Phytophagous insects rely on plant volatiles to locate oviposition, feeding and, mating sites. We tested newly emerged S. READ MORE

  4. 18. Biotinylation and high affinity avidin capture as a strategy for LC-MS based metabolomics

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Sofie Rhönnstad; [2010]
    Keywords : Biotinylation; avidin-biotin system; metabolites; metabolomics; LC-MS;

    Abstract : Metabolites, small endogenous molecules existing in every living cell, tissue or organism, play a vital role for maintaining life. The collective group of all metabolites, the metabolome, is a consequence of the biochemistry and biochemical pathways that a cell or tissue uses to promote survival. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Global Struggle over Genetic Resources

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Peter Gottschalk; [2009]
    Keywords : disclosure requirements; discourse analysis; Nagoya Roadmap; access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing ABS ; global environmental governance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : ABS is the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the acronym for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, the legal-technical term designating the practice of collecting biological resources from nature. Rhetorically this practice is either designated as bio-prospecting or as biopiracy. READ MORE

  6. 20. The grieving forest; the social-environmental degradation in Amazonian Rainforest

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Maria Fernandez; Sebastian José Caballero; [2008]
    Keywords : Amazonian; actors; social and environmental problems;

    Abstract : The Amazonia is the biggest rainforest in the world, home also to probably the largest amount of different bio diversity species in our planet. Notwithstanding these incredible attributes, it is also one of the most threatened regions earth that extends to the whole planet. READ MORE